#2: Let the course management system drive your thinking.
In my experience- there are pros and cons to “standardized” designs. The standardized designs, driven by the template, create consistency across sites. Even finding my way to this blog was more difficult than I thought it would be. Although the instructions were clear I feel that it might be easier to directly access the blog through Blackboard. So, how do we be creative without confusion?
On another note- how do we create accessible designs for student who have a disability (ie/ visual impairments)? Are there ways to break a site down and make a more linear model for students who may find this more user friendly?
I also found it a bit tricky to navigate my way to the blog-especially for a new post. Luckily, Cub helped me one on one. Also, now that I am in the Blackboard site, I have located a bar on the left entitled “blog,” which led me directly to our blog! Yeah!